Biology:Cellana taitensis

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Cellana taitensis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Patellogastropoda
Family: Nacellidae
Genus: Cellana
Species:
C. taitensis
Binomial name
Cellana taitensis
(Röding, 1798)
Synonyms[1]
  • Patella tahitica Curtiss, 1938
  • Tectura tahitensis Pease, 1868

Cellana taitensis is a species of limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nacellidae.[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 23 mm and 30 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed along French Polynesia and Pitcairn

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Cellana taitensis (Röding, 1798). WoRMS (2010). Cellana taitensis (Röding, 1798). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456654 on 31 October 2010 .
  • Nakano & Ozawa (2007). Worldwide phylogeography of limpets of the order Patellogastropoda: Molecular, morphological and palaeontological evidence. Journal of Molluscan Studies 73(1) 79-99

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5058258 entry